{"id":2291014,"date":"2026-02-20T14:09:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2291014"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:09:58","slug":"ginny-owens-shares-new-music-inspired-by-life-in-nyc-ccm-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ginny-owens-shares-new-music-inspired-by-life-in-nyc-ccm-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginny Owens Shares New Music Inspired by Life in NYC \u2013 CCM Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u201cI think we have to remember that people are wrestling with hard things. And so, to wrap every song up in a bow, I know that is good for radio. It is not good for life. It is not good for people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That conviction sits at the heart of Ginny Owens\u2019 latest season of music, a body of work shaped by conversations, theology, and daily life in New York City. \u201cI have been working on these songs for the last five years\u201d Owens says. \u201cAnd so, I felt like when the fifth one was done, it was time to release.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"_ytid_56119\" width=\"750\" height=\"421\" data-origwidth=\"750\" data-origheight=\"421\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5JnjPoFALQ4?enablejsapi=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;cc_load_policy=0&amp;cc_lang_pref=&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;loop=0&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autohide=2&amp;theme=dark&amp;color=red&amp;controls=1&amp;disablekb=0&amp;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\"><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"\/><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those songs eventually formed\u00a0<i>Different Kind of Water<\/i>, a project she describes not as a collection of answers, but as an invitation into honest dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese songs are all spiritual conversations that I love having with my friends who aren\u2019t yet believers living in New York City,\u201d she explains. \u201cAnd so, all of these songs are about just sort of life challenges that I think bring us to Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owens\u2019 move to New York reshaped how she experiences both life and calling.\u00a0Owens, who has been blind since childhood,\u00a0describes the city as something she experiences through movement and sound as much as. \u201cI love walking around\u2026 the way I can see the city is through everyone else walking and talking, and there\u2019s so many just sounds and smells and voices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the relocation also fulfilled a long-standing spiritual goal. \u201cI wanted to go to seminary. That\u2019s always been a dream of mine,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ve really wanted to go to seminary in an urban context where I was going to be able to learn from people who were very practically\u2026 teaching the gospel.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Her time there included studying with the late pastor and author Timothy Keller. \u201cIt was an incredible blessing, every bit as magnificent as you can imagine\u2026 and then I just never left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That new environment helped loosen the relentless pace she once felt during her busiest CCM years. \u201cWhen I was in the thick of all things CCM music in Nashville, there was just an urgency to everything\u2026 you have to take every opportunity.\u201d Over time, that urgency gave way to trust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have learned that the Lord has a way of just opening the doors he wants opened no matter how diligently I\u2019m running after it.\u201d\u00a0 Success, she says now, looks very different. \u201cI think just the opportunity to continue to do music is what success is these days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owens speaks candidly about her hope that Christian music continues to grow artistically and spiritually. \u201cOne of the beautiful things when I started in music was that you really could talk about the Lord and you could talk about your spiritual journey in a very open way,\u201d she says. \u201cI crave depth in the music. I really want to hear music continue to be like hearts laid bare before the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her concern is pastoral as much as artistic, rooted in how people actually experience faith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople need to know that in the Psalms they all wrestled with all kinds of struggles\u2026 \u2018Where are you, God?\u2019\u201d\u00a0 For Owens, songwriting has always been personal, but that instinct has deepened in this chapter. \u201cI hope that they hear their struggles in these songs. And I hope that they hear that there is hope amid those struggles.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"_ytid_75337\" width=\"750\" height=\"421\" data-origwidth=\"750\" data-origheight=\"421\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dnke_ZFusFw?enablejsapi=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;cc_load_policy=0&amp;cc_lang_pref=&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;loop=0&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autohide=2&amp;theme=dark&amp;color=red&amp;controls=1&amp;disablekb=0&amp;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/dnke_ZFusFw\/maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"\/><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The title track reflects what Owens describes as a universal restlessness. \u201cIt is just about this endless longing that we all have\u2026 the human condition is we want and we want and we want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That longing, she suggests, ultimately points beyond itself. \u201cIf we find in ourselves a desire that we can\u2019t find anything to satisfy, it probably means that we are made for another world.\u201d \u2018<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"_ytid_45472\" width=\"750\" height=\"421\" data-origwidth=\"750\" data-origheight=\"421\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VKxg6-SYRAQ?enablejsapi=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;cc_load_policy=0&amp;cc_lang_pref=&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;loop=0&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autohide=2&amp;theme=dark&amp;color=red&amp;controls=1&amp;disablekb=0&amp;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/VKxg6-SYRAQ\/maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"\/><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her song \u201cGod Will Meet You There\u201d grew out of watching friends navigate suffering without easy explanations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were more questions than answers\u2026 Friends were just facing really difficult suffering,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing I could think to say to them was\u2026 God is with you. He wants to meet you in whatever broken place you find yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a culture that often rewards immediacy, Ginny Owens is choosing patience, reflection, and songs that leave room for mystery. Or, as she puts it simply, songs that acknowledge life as it really is, trusting that hope is found not in easy endings, but in a God who meets people in the middle of their story.<\/p>\n<p>Discover Ginny Owens\u2019\u00a0<i>Different Kind of Water<\/i> wherever you listen to music and learn more about her journey and at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/GinnyOwens.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GinnyOwens.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.ccmmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI think we have to remember that people are wrestling with hard things. And so, to wrap every song up in a bow, I know that is good for radio. It is not good for life. 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